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Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting, who were teenagers when the 1968 film was made, are suing Paramount over accusations of child abuse. By Scott Roxborough Europe Bureau Chief Pippo Zeffirelli, the ...

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Olivia Hussey, star of the 1968 "Romeo & Juliet" film directed by Franco Zeffirelli, wants her and her co-star’s concerns to be heard. She and Leonard Whiting, who played Romeo in the film, filed a ...

Italian director Franco Zeffirelli, who delighted audiences around the world with his romantic vision and extravagant productions, most famously captured in his cinematic "Romeo and Juliet" and the ...

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Franco Zeffirelli, the stylish and sometimes controversial theater, opera and film director, has died. He was 96. Zeffirelli, who was Oscar-nominated for his 1968 version of “Romeo and Juliet,” died ...